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| FRENCH OPEN Day 8 review - Sunday 31st May 2009. |
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| SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles 1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4 2 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 4 3 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Quarter Final 4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 3 5 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 4 6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 4 7 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3 8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4 9 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)- Through to Round 4 10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to Quart Final 11 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 4 12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Quart Final 13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 4 14 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3 15 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 1 16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to Round 4 17 - Stanislas Wawrinka - Eliminated Round 3 18 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3 19 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated Round 1 20 - Marat Safin (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2 21 - Dmitry Tursinov (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1 22 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Eliminated Round 1 23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Quarter Final 24 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 3 25 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3 26 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 1 27 - Rainer Schuettler (GER) - Eliminated Round 1 28 - Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2 29 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Through to Round 4 30 - Viktor Hanescu (ROU) - Eliminated Round 4 31 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3 32 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3 |
| SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles 1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to Quarter Final 2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 4 3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 3 4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3 5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to Round 4 6 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Withdrawn 7 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 4 8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 4 9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Quarter Final 10 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Eliminated Round 3 11 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2 12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 4 13 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2 14 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 1 15 - Jie Zheng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 2 16 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1 17 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated Round 1 18 - Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 2 19 - Kaia Kanepi (EST) - Eliminated Round 1 20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Through to Quart Final 21 - Alize Cornet (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2 22 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3 23 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1 24 - Aleksandra Wozniak (POL) - Through to Round 4 25 - Na Li (CHN) - Eliminated Round 4 26 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1 27 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Eliminatd Rnd 3 28 - Sybile Bammer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 2 29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated Round 4 30 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Through to Round 4 31 - Shuai Peng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 1 32 - Iveta Benesova (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3 Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Through to Quarter Final |
Top seed, world number 1, virtually unbeatable on clay and going for his 5th straight title - Rafael Nadal
was the hottest of favourites for his round of 16 clash against 23rd seed Robin Soderling. But from the
start, Soderling showed he would be no pushover and Nadal would have a fight on his hands.
Breaking Nadal's first service game, and then getting another break to take the opening set 6-2, the
Swede was making a statement that this was not going to be an easy day out for Nadal. As the second
set went on, and the elusive service break was hard to come by, Nadal struggled to find a way back into
the contest; but once the set went to a tie-break it was one-way traffic with the top seed having an easy
tiebreak win to level the match.
But all those watching who thought that Nadal's tiebreak win would spur him into action and end
Soderling's fight were mistaken. Soderling would achieve a break in the third set to regain the lead, and
after the fourth was taken to a tiebreak the Swede stunned the tennis world by taking the tie-break and
pulling off the upset of the tournamant.
Britain's Andy Murray continued on his winning ways with a straight-sets win over Marin Cilic, while
Nikolay Davydenko achieved a minor upset by knocking off Fernando Verdasco. Fernando Gonzalez is
also through to the quarter finals after a straight-sets win over Victor Hanescu.
The womens' action on Day 8 saw Maria Sharapova continue her comeback in style, defeating Na Li in
3 sets. Other winners were Dinara Safina, Dominika Cibulkova and Victoria Azarenka; Azarenka ending
the title defence of Ana Ivanovic.
was the hottest of favourites for his round of 16 clash against 23rd seed Robin Soderling. But from the
start, Soderling showed he would be no pushover and Nadal would have a fight on his hands.
Breaking Nadal's first service game, and then getting another break to take the opening set 6-2, the
Swede was making a statement that this was not going to be an easy day out for Nadal. As the second
set went on, and the elusive service break was hard to come by, Nadal struggled to find a way back into
the contest; but once the set went to a tie-break it was one-way traffic with the top seed having an easy
tiebreak win to level the match.
But all those watching who thought that Nadal's tiebreak win would spur him into action and end
Soderling's fight were mistaken. Soderling would achieve a break in the third set to regain the lead, and
after the fourth was taken to a tiebreak the Swede stunned the tennis world by taking the tie-break and
pulling off the upset of the tournamant.
Britain's Andy Murray continued on his winning ways with a straight-sets win over Marin Cilic, while
Nikolay Davydenko achieved a minor upset by knocking off Fernando Verdasco. Fernando Gonzalez is
also through to the quarter finals after a straight-sets win over Victor Hanescu.
The womens' action on Day 8 saw Maria Sharapova continue her comeback in style, defeating Na Li in
3 sets. Other winners were Dinara Safina, Dominika Cibulkova and Victoria Azarenka; Azarenka ending
the title defence of Ana Ivanovic.
The Aussies
Mens Doubles, Third Round
2 - Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) d 14 - Rik De Voest (RSA)/Ashley Fisher (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
16 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d 4 - Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 6-4 7-5
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)/Bruno Soares(BRA) d Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-4 6-2
Boys Singles, First Round
2 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Andrei Vasilevs.i (BLR) 6-4 6-2
Girls Singles, First Round
12 - Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 6-4 6-2
Yana Buchina (RUS) d Isabella Holland (AUS) 6-4 6-2
The Seeds
Mens Singles, Fourth Round
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) d 1 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-2 6-7 6-4 7-6
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) d 13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5 7-6 6-1
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d 8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-2 6-2 6-4
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d 30 - Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-2 6-4 6-2
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-1 6-0
9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d 8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-2 6-3
20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d 29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-2 6-4
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d 25 - Na Li (CHN) 6-4 0-6 6-4
Mens Doubles, Third Round
1 - Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Christopher Kas (GER)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 6-0 6-3
Jose Acasuso(ARG)/Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) d 4 - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) 7-5
4-6 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)/Urszula Radwanska (POL) d 2 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Lisa Raymond
(USA) 6-2 6-3
10 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)/Nadia Petrova(RUS) d 5 - Serena Williams(USA)/Venus
Williams(USA) 7-6 5-7 7-6
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
5 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN)/Andre Sa (BRA) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA)/Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-2 6-3
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Andy Ram (ISR) d 6 - Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Daniel Nestor (CAN) 6-4 4-6 [10-7]
Boys Singles, First Round
Richard Becker (GER) d 1 - Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 1-6 7-6 6-3
3 - Andrea Collarini (ARG) d Radim Urbanek (CZE) 7-5 6-4
4 - Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) d Dominik Wirlend (AUT) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Mikhail Biryukov (RUS) d 8 - Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) 7-5 3-6 6-2
Daniel Berta (SWE) d 9 - Facundo Arguello (ARG) 3-6 6-2 6-1
11 - Gianni Mina (FRA) d Devin Britton (USA) 6-0 6-4
12 - David Souto (VEN) d Yann Renault (FRA) 6-4 6-0
13 - Tennys Sandgren (USA) d Stanislav Poplavs.yy (UKR) 6-0 6-3
14 - Dominik Schulz (GER) d Dino Marcan (CRO) 6-4 6-2
15 - Jose Pereira (BRA) d Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-2 6-7 6-1
16 - Yannik Reuter (BEL) d Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 6-4 6-1
Girls Singles, First Round
3 - Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 6-2 6-0
4 - Timea Babos (HUN) d Hannah James (GBR) 7-5 6-3
6 - Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d Clothilde De Bernardi (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Nastja Kolar (SLO) d 7 - Lauren Embree (USA) 6-3 7-6
8 - Elena Bogdan (ROU) d Grace Sari Ysidora (INA) 6-1 6-1
Valeria Solovieva (RUS) d 10 - Camila Silva (CHI) 6-0 6-2
11 - Silvia Njiric (CRO) d Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-1 6-3
14 - Christina Mchale (USA) d Martina Trevisan (ITA) 7-6 6-2
15 - Sloane Stephens (USA) d Quirine Lemoine (NED) 6-1 6-1
The Others
Mens Doubles, Third Round
Marc Lopez (ESP)/Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Michael Kohlmann (GER)/Alexander Waske (GER) 6-3 6-4
Boys Singles, First Round
Federico Gaio (ITA) d Evan King (USA) 6-4 6-4
Renzo Olivo (ARG) d Jordan Cox (USA) 6-3 6-3
Patrk Brydolf (SWE) d Benjamin Cselenko (FRA) 1-6 6-4 6-2
Alexander Domijan (USA) d Mick Lescure (FRA) 6-7 6-1 6-1
Tiago Fernandes (BRA) d Cedrick Commin (FRA) 7-5 6-1
Filip Horansky (SVK) d Mitchell Frank (USA) 6-7 6-4 8-6
Emanuele Molina (ITA) d Sandro Ehrat (SUI) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Kevin Krawietz (GER) d Riki Mclachlan (NZL) 6-4 6-2
Nikila Scholtz (RSA) d Emilio Gomez (ECU) 6-2 7-6
Henri Laaksonen (FIN) d Antoine Escoffier (FRA) 7-5 6-4
Tak Khunn Wang (FRA) d Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) d Constantin Belot (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Girls Singles, First Round
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d Tamara Curovic (SRB) 5-7 6-2 6-1
Nathalie Mohn (FRA) d Linda Berlinecke (GER) 2-6 6-1 6-1
Beatrice Capra (USA) d Charlotte Rodier (FRA) 7-6 6-3
Fatma Al-Nabhani (OMA) d Elora Dabija (ROU) 6-2 6-4
Daria Salnikova (RUS) d Alejandra Granillo (MEX) 6-4 3-6 8-6
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) d Mallory Burdette (USA) 6-3 6-4
Bianca Botto (PER) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-3 6-1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) 6-2 6-1
Alexandra Krunic (SRB) d Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 6-1 6-3
An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) d Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 6-0 6-2
Anna Orlik (BLR) d Polina Leykina (RUS) 6-3 6-2
Solene Ficheux (FRA) d Stephanie Cornish (GBR) 4-6 6-0 6-3
Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) d Cindy Chala (FRA) 6-3 7-5
Mens Doubles, Third Round
2 - Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) d 14 - Rik De Voest (RSA)/Ashley Fisher (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
16 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d 4 - Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 6-4 7-5
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)/Bruno Soares(BRA) d Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-4 6-2
Boys Singles, First Round
2 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Andrei Vasilevs.i (BLR) 6-4 6-2
Girls Singles, First Round
12 - Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 6-4 6-2
Yana Buchina (RUS) d Isabella Holland (AUS) 6-4 6-2
The Seeds
Mens Singles, Fourth Round
23 - Robin Soderling (SWE) d 1 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-2 6-7 6-4 7-6
3 - Andy Murray (GBR) d 13 - Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5 7-6 6-1
10 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d 8 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-2 6-2 6-4
12 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) d 30 - Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-2 6-4 6-2
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-1 6-0
9 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d 8 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-2 6-3
20 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d 29 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-2 6-4
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d 25 - Na Li (CHN) 6-4 0-6 6-4
Mens Doubles, Third Round
1 - Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Christopher Kas (GER)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 6-0 6-3
Jose Acasuso(ARG)/Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) d 4 - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) 7-5
4-6 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)/Urszula Radwanska (POL) d 2 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Lisa Raymond
(USA) 6-2 6-3
10 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)/Nadia Petrova(RUS) d 5 - Serena Williams(USA)/Venus
Williams(USA) 7-6 5-7 7-6
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
5 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN)/Andre Sa (BRA) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA)/Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-2 6-3
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Andy Ram (ISR) d 6 - Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Daniel Nestor (CAN) 6-4 4-6 [10-7]
Boys Singles, First Round
Richard Becker (GER) d 1 - Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 1-6 7-6 6-3
3 - Andrea Collarini (ARG) d Radim Urbanek (CZE) 7-5 6-4
4 - Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) d Dominik Wirlend (AUT) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Mikhail Biryukov (RUS) d 8 - Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) 7-5 3-6 6-2
Daniel Berta (SWE) d 9 - Facundo Arguello (ARG) 3-6 6-2 6-1
11 - Gianni Mina (FRA) d Devin Britton (USA) 6-0 6-4
12 - David Souto (VEN) d Yann Renault (FRA) 6-4 6-0
13 - Tennys Sandgren (USA) d Stanislav Poplavs.yy (UKR) 6-0 6-3
14 - Dominik Schulz (GER) d Dino Marcan (CRO) 6-4 6-2
15 - Jose Pereira (BRA) d Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-2 6-7 6-1
16 - Yannik Reuter (BEL) d Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 6-4 6-1
Girls Singles, First Round
3 - Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 6-2 6-0
4 - Timea Babos (HUN) d Hannah James (GBR) 7-5 6-3
6 - Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d Clothilde De Bernardi (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Nastja Kolar (SLO) d 7 - Lauren Embree (USA) 6-3 7-6
8 - Elena Bogdan (ROU) d Grace Sari Ysidora (INA) 6-1 6-1
Valeria Solovieva (RUS) d 10 - Camila Silva (CHI) 6-0 6-2
11 - Silvia Njiric (CRO) d Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-1 6-3
14 - Christina Mchale (USA) d Martina Trevisan (ITA) 7-6 6-2
15 - Sloane Stephens (USA) d Quirine Lemoine (NED) 6-1 6-1
The Others
Mens Doubles, Third Round
Marc Lopez (ESP)/Tommy Robredo (ESP) d Michael Kohlmann (GER)/Alexander Waske (GER) 6-3 6-4
Boys Singles, First Round
Federico Gaio (ITA) d Evan King (USA) 6-4 6-4
Renzo Olivo (ARG) d Jordan Cox (USA) 6-3 6-3
Patrk Brydolf (SWE) d Benjamin Cselenko (FRA) 1-6 6-4 6-2
Alexander Domijan (USA) d Mick Lescure (FRA) 6-7 6-1 6-1
Tiago Fernandes (BRA) d Cedrick Commin (FRA) 7-5 6-1
Filip Horansky (SVK) d Mitchell Frank (USA) 6-7 6-4 8-6
Emanuele Molina (ITA) d Sandro Ehrat (SUI) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Kevin Krawietz (GER) d Riki Mclachlan (NZL) 6-4 6-2
Nikila Scholtz (RSA) d Emilio Gomez (ECU) 6-2 7-6
Henri Laaksonen (FIN) d Antoine Escoffier (FRA) 7-5 6-4
Tak Khunn Wang (FRA) d Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) 6-2 6-2
Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) d Constantin Belot (FRA) 6-4 6-2
Girls Singles, First Round
Jana Cepelova (SVK) d Tamara Curovic (SRB) 5-7 6-2 6-1
Nathalie Mohn (FRA) d Linda Berlinecke (GER) 2-6 6-1 6-1
Beatrice Capra (USA) d Charlotte Rodier (FRA) 7-6 6-3
Fatma Al-Nabhani (OMA) d Elora Dabija (ROU) 6-2 6-4
Daria Salnikova (RUS) d Alejandra Granillo (MEX) 6-4 3-6 8-6
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) d Mallory Burdette (USA) 6-3 6-4
Bianca Botto (PER) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-3 6-1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) 6-2 6-1
Alexandra Krunic (SRB) d Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 6-1 6-3
An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) d Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 6-0 6-2
Anna Orlik (BLR) d Polina Leykina (RUS) 6-3 6-2
Solene Ficheux (FRA) d Stephanie Cornish (GBR) 4-6 6-0 6-3
Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) d Cindy Chala (FRA) 6-3 7-5